Battle of Saipan - Steel and Coral - Part 1 - Extra History

📜 Battle of Saipan: Steel and Coral - The battle of Saipan would decide the fate of the Pacific War. On a tiny island, just five miles wide, thousands died under advanced artillery and amphibious tanks.
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[@extrahistory]

During our Extra History break, we are pleased to bring to you EXTRA-Extra History thanks to World of Tanks! redir.wargaming.net/r06pve1j/?pub_id=video1

[@darylrazon4872]

Do a vid about operation mincemeat plz :3

[@sidewaysbush9387]

Extra Credits I miss the old narrator

[@darylrazon4872]

@@sidewaysbush9387 yea me too

[@Trafigura1993]

Extra Credits I love the mentioning of the Navajo code talkers. I wish you spent a bit of time on Japanese tanks.

[@timothymclean]

The 360-degree chaos described in this video sounds like _just_ the sort of thing you'd expect to see in a multiplayer online arena.

[@walpol3]

Politely shush the artillery like a gentleman

[@Speederzzz]

Shhhhhhhoot the frick up

[@mrpellagra2730]

Speak,speak

[@shshshshsh5471]

Of course

[@influenza3736]

Only the Artillery, *Artillery Only*

[@kingdice3129]

Who shushed the artillery- it was walpole.

[@ciaraada1571]

I’m a native Chamorro islander watching this from Saipan. 👋🏻 Those tanks are still sitting in our reefs by the way. Remnants of the war are scattered all over our island... Love this video!

[@levimccarthy1259]

Are the bodies there because my great grandpa might be down there still

[@seansmith9941]

@@levimccarthy1259 wow sorry for ur lose

[@ItsAce671]

Im a chamoru too! I live on Guam and we have destroyed tank in one of our mountains from the war

[@calebgepford7646]

@@levimccarthy1259 F

[@jorgenajar9407]

@@levimccarthy1259 F

[@DXDragon38]

Wow, a lot of WW2 Vets were even more badass than I imagined. Last man standing holding the line, stealth attacking tanks point blank with bazookas, and a 360 degree brawl? Incredible.

[@whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023]

fighting at night only lit up by the fires of burning tanks and filled with so much smoke, ambushing tank commanders and dropping a grenade down the hatch, all the while a battleship off the coast is firing it's main cannons to destroy more incoming tanks. that battle sounds intense.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

7:50 "...To hold off the oncoming attack!" *he received a posthumous medal of honor.* "By the end of Day Two!"

[@weirddude928]

Trygve Plaustrum yee YEET

[@BellaOrganics]

🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@VaqueroCoyote]

The fact the landing ships could dip straight down into the water from miscalculating a wave makes my skin crawl.

[@AlexSaysHi2013]

I'm in the 2nd Marines and we train on how to get out of the modern version of the Amtrak. It's just as terrifying as you think, they dip a model of the APC in the water with you and 5 other guys...then it flips upside down

[@Its_shiki_time4876]

Right

[@jedigecko06]

Many amphibious tanks were swamped before reaching Omaha Beach; leading to heavy infantry casualties.

[@Its_shiki_time4876]

@@jedigecko06 yes but that's bad weather in normal weather these things will still sink

[@justarandomdoge9042]

@CK Lim I don't get how it's a chicken or an egg question.

[@jpTankMan]

Let's be honest, no matter what part of the Chi-Ha or Ha-Go was hit, a bazooka would go right through

[@twotone3471]

Where is a Chi-To when you need one?

[@nikoclesceri2267]

50 cals went through the front of type 95s with little problem. Type 97s had just enough to stop them at around 30mm of frontal armor but they sides were just as weak as the 95s

[@andrewklang809]

The Sangheili Some Japanese tanks' hulls were so thin, an AP round would go right through both sides without exploding. Sucks to be the tanker the shell also went through, but the rest of the crew and the rest of the tank could keep going.

[@ceratosaurus4511]

that was the same fact with german panzer 3 and 4 variants...so. were germans behind? no, of course not. but a 60 millimeter rocket is going to do something.

[@diarradunlap9337]

@@andrewklang809 Which is why both the American Bazooka and the German Panzerfaust/Panzerschreck (sp?) used Shaped-charge ammunition.

[@helpimstuckinafridgeandits305]

The rest of the world: You're not supposed to make tankboats America: *OBSERVE*

[@godfearingman8626]

SILENCE, CASUAL

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

American and Japanese be like _yes Japan also have "Tank Boat" on ww2 called type 2 amphibious tank or Ka-Mi_

[@shuliu4804]

This is why I emigrated to the United States

[@styxart1182]

Or America:haha tank boat go brrrr

[@Spacemongerr]

Both the Soviet Union and Britain had been making amphibious tanks since the 1930s.

[@kyotra]

The Pacific war always sounds so much more horrifying than the European theater. The Japanese fanaticism, the risks inherent to amphibious landings, the atomic bombs....

[@liltoaster7308]

It was more horrifying

[@americanatlas3631]

Depends on your definition of horrifying. Casaulty rates were much higher in Europe, not to mention the war crimes, fire bombings, and total war between two of the most evil regimes in modern history.

[@St-hj1ux]

Of all the fronts the Western one was probably the least scary, the Eastern front and the Pacific are just pure nightmares.

[@TheManKnownAsAi]

Think I heard once that the European front in WW2 was fought by Generals, Field-Marshals, and Colonels. The Pacific Front was fought by Captains, Lieutenants, and Sergeants.

[@liltoaster7308]

@@americanatlas3631 The war crimes committed in the Pacific war generally way worse than in Europe. Also the conditions in the Pacific were undeniably worse and the fighting was unlike anything the US had ever seen before.

[@BeerByTheNumbers]

Crazy how creative vehicle tech got for the island fighting in the Pacific Theater

[@chrisforsyth8323]

They learned a lot of hard lessons at Tarawa, and learned them well.

[@WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel]

Not only Tarawa. There were issues and mistakes, but in general the US in the Pacific Theater was very good at learning from mistakes and adapting everything to fight better. /Falathi

[@christopherg2347]

Well, those Naval Landings all started with Galipoli in WW1. They have come a long way since that Fubar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGXak5qegbWgr80

[@TheMellowSide]

Hobart's Funnies during the Normandy Landing were also rather creative

[@christopherg2347]

@Ebon Hawk: Normandy also relates to a European Crowd.

[@Filled2105]

Can you cover the Russo-Japanese war at some point? İ would like to learn more about that from you

[@UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

Join the patreon and vote for it

[@KOTYAR0]

Yeah, me too, я тоже

[@kpax620_4]

I agree

[@agihammerthief8953]

The path of fleet reinforcements from Petersburg to Japan (around Africa and India) could take a video by itself.

[@mr2octavio]

Only if you post a video

[@geofff.3343]

I love the US Marines. US Army: "You can't make a tank assault on Saipan, it's just not possible." USMC: "Hey y'all, watch this! I'm in a motherbleepin' tankboat!"

[@jonathanpowell613]

Me(in my imagination): "Oh yeah? Im in an M26 Pershing with the Duplex Drive installed."

[@casslanford7290]

To be fair, their casualties were -immense-.

[@brianstabile165]

Geoff F. That’s why am tanks were not used on d day

[@TerLoki]

@@brianstabile165 They did use Duplex-Drive Shermans though, so one wonders why they weren't used here.

[@strangeonexd4776]

Marines are one of the most feared infantry forces in the world. They are fucking terrifying.

[@Reyrocksall]

Your delivery has gotten a lot more appealing to me since the first episode.

[@danisrusski6297]

Now these were hardcore dudes on both sides. American tech and training versus Japanese fanaticism and incredible resilience.

[@paooul_dixon]

Easiest way to show the difference between the Pacific and Western fronts is to watch Band of Brothers and the Pacific and how the American soldiers regarded their foes and the crap they went through.

[@danisrusski6297]

Seen Band of Brothers, is the Pacific as good?

[@cracklingvoice]

Extremely.

[@danisrusski6297]

Will watch it then. I have it at home, but never got around to watching it. Saw Rome instead :P

[@kappadarwin9476]

it is amazing that the US was able to fight on two fronts. Yet some people don't want to give Americans credit for the European theater.

[@timothymclean]

Does _anyone_ make their day-one objectives? Are those reasonable expectations, or best-case scenarios?

[@RealLuckless]

The Canadians did in many of their operations... But really the number of times that the Americans fell short of their day one goals is mostly down to the overall volume of attacks. Make enough well planned attacks and eventually some aren't going to go well. Combine that with healthy doses of over confidence or underestimating resistance, hazards, or terrain, and an attack can quickly fall apart after initial contract.

[@Captain1nsaneo]

Battles where day one objectives are taken typically aren't remarked on afterwards.

[@grayscribe1342]

No intelligence gathering can be 100% accurate, so there is always a chance of something they did not know or overlook to go wrong. Or something only a local would know. And that's before something lik in the movie 'A bridge too far' happened. A tank battallion where none should be, because they were send there after most of the reconaissance had been done with no relation to the plan the enemy made.

[@snakes3425]

Plans never survive first contact

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

When the Soviets invaded Manchuria they were taking their day 18 objectives on day 3.

[@ReSV1]

"Everyday, we lay in filthy foxholes, praying the enemy won't slit our throats"

[@moon_raven0495]

When we take shuri castle we go home

[@indrektapalt3252]

Damn that was a good game

[@nang877]

I remember while being raised in saipan, if you look over and under the ocean, you can still find tanks in the sea.

[@Vertigo6000]

Wait, the U.S army created codes based on Native American languages? That’s awesome! Without knowledge of the language, which the Japanese couldn’t even know existed, let alone be able to obtain, any code made from the Navajo language really would be unbreakable. Kind of makes you wonder why they didn’t do it more. There are plenty of Native American languages that they could use and literally hundreds of them. Ain’t no one gonna be reading your messages then, and if by some miracle they do managed to decipher one, just move on to the next language.

[@paooul_dixon]

Watch the movie Windtalkers!! We used the Navajo because their language is only a spoken one and not a written language. So couldn't be decoded as we only communicated by radio with them. While we had already cracked the Japanese code, which gave us a distinct advantage. The Native Americans helped play a critical role on both fronts of the war by either being code talkers in the Pacific or being soldiers on both fronts.

[@cracklingvoice]

The Navajo Codetalkers had several factors in their favor. Their language had no written alphabet, the soldiers recruited were US citizens and bilingual, the code was based on simple words (turtle, trees, etc.), the smaller scale of the island-hopping campaign meant that fewer men were needed per battle, and even more factors. Most importantly, the handful of Navajo who were captured never broke under torture. An oft-forgotten fact is that there were several other native peoples whose languages were used. This included Cherokee, Choctaw, Cree, and Seminole linguists. None of those languages are interchangeable, so the risk of a talker being captured alive and ordered to translate a message is minimized by the variety of languages used.

[@SantomPh]

@Jonathan Williams yes, there are communities in Montana and around Lake Superior.

[@GrimoireOfTheSage]

I was going to express surprise that you didn't know about them. Then I smacked myself because not only might you not be U.S. born/raised but also that school systems vary greatly. I do recall it was mentioned when I was in school, but it also didn't get much elaboration and I wouldn't be surprised if years down the road folks had forgotten the tiny mention it got.

[@samuelhalsey2671]

Well they didn't do it more cause the Japanese knew the americans would try this sso they tried to have people learn the languages so that they could break the code

[@finisterre2415]

*THERE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ANY RESISTANCE*

[@happyguardsman8510]

This is the reference i was looking for

[@jonathanpowell613]

_Tell that to the Allied soldiers at Omaha Beach_

[@rewrew897]

THE CORAL, WERE STUCK ON THE COR-

[@mople7399]

@@rewrew897 Driver! DROP THE RAMP

[@yaboyjake111]

Nice

[@soulofshukaku]

I grew up in Saipan, it's nice to see some of my favorite creators covering the massive battle there. Even today you can find spent shells laying around the jungle. Thanks for the video, looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@kryvar]

My grandfather was there. It's where he found his deep seeded hatred of SeaBees. I finally got him to tell me why one day. He had been fighting in the jungle for about 3 straight days with very little sleep when he finally was relieved. The jungle had rotted their shoes off of them. So there is my grandfather all soaked to the bone, sore, and exhausted having gone through literal Hell all of those days when he realizes his feet are burning. He looks down and sees asphalt. Freshly paved. He glances up and sees a drunk SeaBee on a bulldozer with a beer in his hand having the time of his life. He looked me square in the eye and said, "I've hated those sons of bitches ever since". Best part of the story? He lived his entire life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Where one of two SeaBee bases are housed. So he was constantly reminded of that day. It cracked me up. Still does.

[@wingracer1614]

My dad was a SeaBee in 'nam. Three purple hearts (one from a bullet to the chest) and a bronze star. SeaBees saw action too, not just construction.

[@gdspathe1130]

They pulled off miracles and played as much of a role in the allied victory as the Marines

[@kryvar]

I doubt it was a sincere hatred. More of a rivalry type thing. I was not intending upon suggesting that they were undeserving of any adulations. Those guys put down runways under fire. I imagine once the area was finally secure, it was good to let off some steam. That's all I ever took from it. That and my grandfather being an incredibly grumpy man. I apologize if I offended anyone.

[@RGGaming940]

me:1 ww1 relative, and 2 ww2 relatives! :)

[@RGGaming940]

plz no swearing... :(

[@brucewayneisdeadpool830]

Silly extra credits... That is not how you yell BANZAI

[@Kajiyaification]

BONZAI

[@prestonjones1653]

@@Kalleosini To be fair to him though, Japanese is a pretty hard language. I've only recently started learning and I didn't realize how much I had always said wrong.

[@jadonberg9364]

Yeah, it's more like BAAAAAAANNNNNZAAAIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mounne13]

fucking weebs.

[@greensteve9307]

Thanks! I learnt something today. :) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Ja-Tokyo.ogg

[@WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel]

Great video, thank you for your excellent narration of a brutal but critical battle!

[@walpol3]

The critical battles tend to be the most brutal :(

[@liansangpuia7727]

Wooooooooooo second reply

[@oanvidan1066]

why no bonus code

[@ranger-rj2ym]

World of Tanks Europe Hey, so are we gonna be able to purchase a new premium tank, or not?

[@ivansilviu7481]

Wait why only Europe?

[@sylveonguy7709]

Americans: use Native Americans to create unbreakable codes Japanese: DON’T YOU BRING THE NAVAJO INTO THIS!!

[@mykillak]

windtalkers movie

[@blockmasterscott]

The logistics to make Normandy and Saipan happen never ceases to amaze me. And this was before computers and data bases. All of it literally done by actual ink and paper.

[@jackthorton10]

The power of the pen is beats the power of the key

[@walpol3]

-Blood and oil- steel and coral

[@mrpellagra2730]

Yep.

[@asarcasticdragon4419]

Are great building materials for nanobots, actually.

[@johnsnow2612]

@@asarcasticdragon4419 what are nanobots, surely you aren't planning on putting metal like, oh I don't know mercury, or lead, or gallium inside someone

[@asarcasticdragon4419]

@@johnsnow2612 Nanobots are microscopic robots designed to work with other nanobots to accomplish tasks. And no, I wouldn't use them to inject harmful chemicals like that, to slow. Instead I'd program them to shut down all vital organs at once, sure it's less discrete but it's fast and never fails.

[@johnsnow2612]

OI! Walpole we need an EMP (whatever that is) ASAP

[@DarkshadowXD63]

"Its the coral were stuck on the -" Nostalgia points to those who can remember what WW2 game this came from

[@tridentrex0576]

"Drop the ramp!" *explosion*

[@abcdef27669]

"Targets received! Fire for effect!"

[@HyperChara]

*stand in three shell craters that have water in it, from right to left, waiting a while in each

[@martianemperor5137]

World at war

[@Psychol-Snooper]

*HyperChara* 🔫 XD

[@bskorupk]

Battles like those of the Pacific Theater are one of the reasons that Bayonets are still standard issue. Firepower alone does not make a mix of confined spaces, concealment, numbers and zeal irrelevant.

[@ttry1152]

I still have a bayonet from This battle

[@NorthernNorthdude91749]

Bayonets are only issued as tools now, not combat implements. This is the 21st century, not 1914. Bayonets serve no use in combat now.

[@helpimstuckinafridgeandits305]

Japanese soldiers: Hold your ground no matter what enemy you may face *The Floridian regiment arrives* Japanese soldiers:RUNNNN!

[@matthewtriestogaming4051]

Then Florida man comes final boss music

[@lucbrisebois767]

Invasions are fun. Except when they’re not.

[@timothymclean]

I'm pretty sure "not" is the norm.

[@kx4998]

@@timothymclean norm? I think you mean always

[@PrograError]

well unless it's the Iraq war... that one was so easy for the US armed forces that they stayed on for too damn long and get slammed in the face for too long and breed terrorist...

[@dr.velious5411]

The American plan to invade Canada almost got real fun, as it turns out they already had a counter-plan just in case.

[@siyacer]

As with everything else.

[@KDannXII]

Boom Stick got me cracking up

[@antitroller101]

1:10 So when you say "sunk with all hands" you mean every one of those 24 soldier goes for an eternal dive, eh? If so then damn, horrible luck that you die at what is basically the starting line.

[@captonloner4685]

antitroller101 if we are talking about the LVT-4 Amtrac, you really wouldn’t lose all 100% of the 24 men assigned to each one. Because the guys in the back don’t have a roof over their heads just like a Higgins boat. They’d be able to hop out of it once they landed if the ramp couldn’t drop (note: drivers position is in front). But another possibility for losing “all hands” is idk, the weight of the gear the marines had on them could’ve dragged them down. Or maybe because the dive was so sudden that the force of the water bearing down on them was so great it killed them on impact. I don’t really know, but I do know for SURE, you can’t lose 100% of 24 men, I’d say only like 20-45% of 24 men would be lost. But not all 24.

[@leonardusrakapradayan2253]

What happened to the uss Carolina?

[@SCP_Wandsman13_13]

I love how you mentioned the Code Talkers. They’re unfairly under appreciated.

[@InspectHistory]

Wow! Pasific Theater, amazing work EH :) I'm your fans from Indonesia 😇

[@Real_British]

Respect from UK,im also,kinda your fan bcoz i like your videos..even my indonesian language is a bit rusty lol

[@bigmac1516]

*Pacific

[@InspectHistory]

Wow hahahaha, thanks dude! lol btw I think this may help u a little bit: Settings - Subtitles/CC - Auto-Translate (chose what you like)

[@StrimClocks]

I agree! Finally we have the PTO in the mix great battle that they are covering in WW2. Saipan is going to be a great start to the PTO. Here's hoping that War Gaming supports an episode on Midway.

[@PrograError]

well i wouldnt mind a battle of malaya and singapore...

[@dolphinplayzwot2140]

9:44 Meanwhile in the bathroom kid: making fun of me in the stall me: **shoves a grenade in the stall**

[@luftwaffle4327]

Now that’s what I call explosive diarrhea

[@justanotherasian4395]

Preußen General oh my god.

[@Bluecho4]

My paternal grandfather - who died before I was born - served in the Pacific campaign. My father told me that, years after the war ended, the man would never speak of his experiences. PTSD.

[@PavarottiAardvark]

Video: War is bloody, brutal and horrible. Sponsorship: Woooo! Tanks are awesome! Tanks tanks tanks!

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

This is all very interesting but what about the strategically important location known as *Iwo Jima* ?

[@garygartenzwerg9870]

HoI IV memes are great, aren't they?

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

you mean ARTILLERY ONLY

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

@@xXxSkyViperxXx wait you didn't know? The Americans conquered the strategically important location of *Iwo Jima* while using ARTILLERY ONLY I mean come one, it's in every history book

[@kim-jongfun9228]

What about the time where America ended the war by firing some artillery over Japan

[@teriinekoyama1369]

Iwo Jima was already covered years ago.

[@tomasvillagomez5038]

As a history buff born on Guam who’s family comes from Saipan I am beyond excited to see the rest of this series

[@Nicd671]

Can you do the liberation of Guam. US soil that was reclaimed after long fighting. Plus natives in parts of the island slowly being liberated chose to fight and help the Americans. Plus of how thankful we were to see the Americans again that we have an iconic song called “Uncle Sam” please we are known as the forgotten battle and America’s hidden jewel cause we are US territory

[@thomascooper8098]

while on the topic of the pacific theater, i think "battle of the coral sea" would be a very interesting topic to discuss as it was a major turning point in the war between Japan and USA(and also the first aircraft carrier battle in history)

[@paooul_dixon]

I personally think that the battle of Midway was the major turning point in the Pacific theater.

[@thomascooper8098]

i said that battle of the coral sea was A major turning point, not THE, but the thing about battle of the coral sea is that the Japanese actually had multiple opportunities to sink two American carriers, however they were too passive. also this battle heavily hindered the Japanese assault on Midway as the two carriers down in the coral sea were meant to also join the attack on Midway, and the Japanese lost 1 carrier, and another was heavily damage and unable to join the assault on Midway.

[@wingedhussars812]

The U.S.S Enterprise was one of them right?

[@whenyoupulloutyourdickands4023]

@@wingedhussars812 If you mean the battle of Midway then yes, Enterprise was one of them. If you mean the battle of Coral sea then No. Enterprise was not one of them. The 2 carriers were Yorktown and Lexington.

[@farmerboy916]

Might I just say that this is incredibly engaging, and a great way to bring up often overlooked groups like the code talkers without seeming unnaturally inserted? You've really knocked this one out of the park so far.

[@koolaidman2347]

Finally a good video with an actual story about lVT’s with a 75mm!!!!

[@NinjaRodent]

Yay Pacific Theater videos! Edit: I know this is a sponsored video but please do more vids about the Pacific Theater. It's such a comparatively overlooked part of the war compared Europe.

[@yonokhanman654]

Tanks for this episode, World of Thanks. :D

[@runetitan-lx4ih]

i would love to see a one off special episode about the code talkers

[@MediasPerdusQC]

Again, really nice video! i appreciate so much extra history, it's probably one of my favorite bits of youtube

[@angeredjsarge6220]

I am SERIOUSLY loving these WWII videos!! Keep up the great work guys! :)

[@user-sw2mr1hy6o]

Yes!!! More Extra History! I want more vidieos about that theme. Continue that way!

[@Faruq-xn4gj]

2:50 that not light tank but medium tank Type 97 Chi-Ha

[@spacepiracy1552]

all Japanese tanks were light tanks :P

[@decrobyron]

Japanese medium tank = light tank. Japanese Light tank = Tankette.

[@dynamicworlds1]

Frankly, amphibious tanks are terrible due to incompatible design considerations and still the "AmTanks" of the US would utterly wreck a _lot_ of contemporary Japanese NON-amphibious tanks (to say nothing of their deathtraps of amphibious tanks)

[@Faruq-xn4gj]

Don't talk bad about Japanese tank. They know their tank is outdated and bad, the reason why their tank is bad because their military budget going to Navy rather to Army kzbin.info/www/bejne/baW5qaacrZWXmbc in sense their tank like Italian tank kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3OVeHyEg9hmd9k

[@williamthors6844]

True

[@jakobc.2558]

HOLY CRAP! I was never so Hyped for upcoming Videos!

[@Redx6504]

This is so cool to see, my grandfather fought at Saipan, he was in the 4th marine division. I have a book with a big number 4 on it he got at the end of the war, it has pictures of people mentioned in this video and describes much of what this does in text and very old battlefield pictures. Thanks for making this, made my dad smile and exclaim in shock a few times. Can't wait for the next part.

[@Dragons_Armory]

It was a difficult battle all around, the Americans had to take one of the most fortified positions against a foe who will die fighting for nearly every inch of the soil. Thank you for covering this.

[@cpMetis]

The Japanese failed because they didn't use Artillery Only. ... ...okay, I'll see myself out.

[@oscarredfearn3492]

please do

[@xAssassin24]

What meme is this from?

[@TheAztecGamer123]

xAssassin24 isorrowproductions

[@oscarredfearn3492]

+xAssassin24 artillery only

[@oscarredfearn3492]

which is from isorrowsproductioms

[@turtlepancakes9607]

love how you mentioned the Navajo code talkers! one of my personal favorite subjects to read about!

[@maxwelllee9973]

I love this channel's animation combined with information. Keep up the good work!

[@maxs.5112]

Call of Duty: World at War memories coming into my head.

[@abcdef27669]

"How many marines did we lose to take this rock?!" "Already too many..."

[@Isildun9]

Ah, the last CoD game I actually enjoyed. Fond memories.

[@fede98k54]

"While you live the heart of this army cennot be broken!"

[@GanjaEnthusiast322]

@@Isildun9 I'd say Black Ops 2 for me

[@liltoaster7308]

World at war's Pacific campaign did not take place on Saipan, only Makin, Peleliu and Okinawa

[@SPQSpartacus]

Recommend to all: Battle Cry by Leon Uris, who himself fought with the 6th Marines in the Pacific.

[@doogless]

This was interesting to learn about. He wasn't part of the invasion force, but my grandfather served in the Army Signal Corps on Saipan. He absolutely hated his time there and never spoke much about it.

[@ttry1152]

He realy has a way with narrating. Give you goosebumps with his timing

[@thewanderer5506]

You're stories and illustrations have really tought me that War is a truly terrible thing No matter the gain, it's killing your fellow Man, the loss will always outweigh

[@thewanderer5506]

@@klake5375 Define Innocent It changes from Army to Army, to the Japanese during this time, n9ne of the Americans are 'Innocent'

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Another day. Another great video.

[@scorpion1429]

You just gotta love this animation. It's so simple and amazing!

[@franzlouiederamos8744]

I love that you did this video! I'm from there! Appreciated it!

[@Its_shiki_time4876]

I love the Pacific theatre because it was U.S. fighting against arguably tougher enemy than the Germans ever could that side of the war was legit grinding to fullest extent just to take and hold a simple hill beach tree line pit or road and the logistics must have been crazy cause fighting on islands using ships to resupply against a naval power must have been a nightmare

[@regretfulman4784]

Germany: ok this is good, all i have to do is focus on the USSR and Brit- Japan: **bombs pearl harbour** US: **destroys both**

[@roderickstockdale1678]

The Russians did take Berlin though.

[@justarandomdoge9042]

@@roderickstockdale1678 Soviets*

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Just a random Doge same difference.

[@justarandomdoge9042]

@@roderickstockdale1678 Not at all, the ukrainians, baltics, stans and many others fought and died in the eastern front for a country they didn't even belong to.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Just a random Doge you meant the government!👍🏾

[@rolandbalajadia1673]

Thanks for covering my home island's history in the war! Means a lot

[@nthanatos6212]

Amazing as always. I wish you guys would post videos into this series more often, though.

[@mattycro3868]

We Are finally mentioned in history channels. Thank you for this reference.

[@Khornecussion]

America: " *Peace through superior firepower.* "

[@henryyin2471]

" *Bigger army diplomacy* "

[@rogueleader7506]

YES! I love it when you guys do these types of WWII videos! I hope you guys could more videos on things like Franz Stigler or George Welch and Keneth Taylor.

[@hedzer7877]

you guys are doing a awesome job! i watch every extra history video

[@canococentral1159]

I miss the original narrator.😢😢

[@endermedic2034]

Me too

[@kirksonjacobson2691]

Me too what happened to him

[@moojesticcookie1456]

Kirkson Jacobson he uh left. He decided to do other things. I thought this was explained already but seems nobody listened.

[@gifu6259]

RIP

[@ajmp51]

@@moojesticcookie1456 that’s sad

[@bintangsatrya3960]

Still waiting for the Spanish Inquisition

[@cyberdragonnova7589]

They are going to make one when everyone is least expecting it

[@JS-wy6uw]

I wouldn't expect them

[@Rubbertoe4455]

Yea, after all, nobody expects it

[@aliensinnoh1]

You have to stop waiting for it. It won't come until you don't expect it.

[@mateusmartinsjunior6506]

why are you expecting the spanish inquisition , after all "NOBODY EXPECT THE SPANISH INQUISITION"

[@zenokp]

Thanks extra history for telling the story to the new generation I’m a local from Saipan keep up with the the videos

[@wesleysakisat3368]

I remembered back in my home of Saipan, there was a Sherman Tank that was permanently stuck in a lagoon trying to get ashore. Might be the same spot where it was but I have a fuzzy memory where it was on the map. Us Chamorros used the old tank as the diving point when we swam in the lagoon.

[@stove5857]

ayyyyyy, I was born in Saipan. 50% Chomorro right here

[@stove5857]

@@seanhartnett79 c o o l

[@agisasickglitch4222]

@@stove5857 Oh cool, same. Everything is just dandy here. A lot of rain tho.

[@stove5857]

@@agisasickglitch4222 nice

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

Wait Saipan is populated by Chamorro? I thought they we're only seen in Guam. Also Hafa Adai

[@duchessnoor]

Typing this from my foxhole.

[@walpol3]

OMG SAME!

[@festethephule7553]

How did you two even end up in this situation?

[@duchessnoor]

Feste the Phule I can’t afford shelter so I dug a temporary foxhole to live in, but at least I don’t have to pay bills! Trust me, it’s a great foxhole!

[@weldonwin]

I guess you've been pretty hard up since break that oath, KID!

[@festethephule7553]

@@duchessnoor ...Don't you have an entire Kingdom? And Walpole is fabulously rich, so he has no such excuse.

[@Flow86767]

OMG 2 SERIES AT THE SAME TIME FOR HISTORY

[@ryanlancaster9990]

I’ve been waiting so long for someone to make a Battle of Saipan video!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The HMS TOG II*’s can do better.

[@wingracer1614]

A platoon of TOGs and we'd be speaking Japanese right now

[@mosleyman3136]

After this series please do the battle of Sittang Bend or the North African Campaign!

[@AZBigIr0n]

Gave a like to the video before it even began. Nice to see EC still doing topics that are not covered as much. Would've liked to see a bit more on the movements and progression of the fronts though. Another good one to visit would be the invasion of Tinian, just southwest of Saipan, conducted with many of the same troops that participated in the capture of Saipan days earlier. It's perhaps not given as much thought since it was considered to have gone astonishingly well according to plan rather than hard fought.

[@salsacolasa5021]

You never stop to amaze me, no bias at all just history.

[@recas2780]

aren't you guys gonna continue the majapahit series?

[@InspectHistory]

Yes, this is just break (sometimes they produces 2 video in a week)

[@manband20]

The Majapahit series is their A series AKA the one they want to do. This one is because World of Tanks sponsored a B series.

[@InspectHistory]

Yup, you can hear the narrator said "This series is brought by World of Tanks PC, ...."

[@timothymclean]

Mainline Extra History series air on Saturdays. Weekday episodes are sponsored by companies looking to promote interest in their game's subject matter (and awareness of their games), just like the original run of Extra History.

[@recas2780]

okay ty for your explaination guys ^^

[@monkeyt1554]

*BAANZAAAIIIII!!!!*

[@lukeakarobertlaux536]

Xtremeswag YT *hears a A2m4* KAMAKAZI!!!!!!

[@monkeyt1554]

@@lukeakarobertlaux536 *sees pigdog hideout* TORA! TORA! TORA!

[@lukeakarobertlaux536]

Xtremeswag YT *having Midway PTSD*

[@pagman2356]

kamikaze*

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

That tree tree that is important to Japan called bonsai or something!

[@kentgomed3620]

Wow, This vid is funking great! plz make part 2!

[@ernesto4588]

Happy you made this:)

[@marcperrysalarda4490]

How a about the next WW2 Pacific Theater series do The Battle of Palau or Pelelu

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Infantry, tanks, halftracks, landing craft, cruisers... why bother ? Just go artillery only

[@asarcasticdragon4419]

If orbital bombardment counts, then I don't see why not.

[@censored4680]

you cant be shot by the enemy if the enemy is 30 kilometers

[@alfredvonschlieffen6163]

I learned that you can't really go around artillery...

[@johnsnow2612]

Because artillery isn't completely effective and they would kill a lot of civilians

[@matchlockashigaru9755]

r/wooosh

[@anonymousp6062]

I’m so excited for the next ep! It can’t come soon enough!

[@jessed9824]

This story is gonna be interesting, it sounds so cool so far!

[@flbrasington]

Hey Extra Credit. 1st: All Marines are riflemen. The Crew that got out weren't Inf. they were riflemen like all other marines. 2nd Marines don't use the term fox hole. It's just two-man fighting position. The word Foxhole is drilled out of you at MCT/ITB

[@SantomPh]

The majority of us arent Marines so pardon if we don't speak your exclusive strutting peacock talk.

[@rye-the-man9734]

@SuperFortress yes there difent for exmaple marins dont like being called soliders they like being call warriors also infrtery could be using somthing other than a rifle

[@rye-the-man9734]

@SuperFortressthey riflemen not inftrey A infentry is more a army term b even if these were army they got out tank

[@rye-the-man9734]

@SuperFortress i now see was wrong i now see what defintion of infantry is although if tankman uses rifle inside of the escape hacths on lets say a sherman becuse they ranout of ammo or brock i do realiz that unless the tank cant move this would be pretty stupid to do almost like mi gramer but would he not be a rifle man in a tank so not infantry

[@rye-the-man9734]

@SuperFortress okay i understand thanks

[@joshgarza220]

hey guys should make a video how does Japan fight in China

[@elliotholmstrom4]

This is my favorite extra credits video!

[@jamesnewman1976]

Awesome episode. Keep this series going

[@Raf-qz7ih]

I LIVE in Saipan

[@dilipranka6063]

BATTLE OF SENPAI

[@abcdef27669]

Everybody noticed it.

[@asarcasticdragon4419]

*Calls in an orbital bombardment*

[@bmteastern256]

I didn't.

[@et496]

get out

[@et496]

chennai surgical get out

[@TheCreepypro]

wow this was way cooler than I though it would be can't wait for the next episode

[@markkrousos5011]

7:50 it reminded me of "The Lads who Fought and Won" by the Real McKanzies. Also, excellent work. I am looking forward for the next one!